Vanishing Trick – Poetry – Reading Comprehension Resources – age 7+
Reading comprehension resources based on a selection of poems from Vanishing Trick by Ros Asquith
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49-page PowerPoint presentation
A range of PDF comprehension activities and questions
Comprehension Questions in line with the KS2 National Curriculum
Extracts included.
Suitable for age 7+
A flexible set of resources which could be used for whole class reading, guided reading, individual and group work as well as for home learning.
Discuss what it’s like to have dyslexia, look for idioms, perform a poem out loud, judge performances, explore metaphorical language, write your own poem in the poet’s style, make predictions by looking at illustrations, make inferences and judgements, summarise and clarify.